Word of the day…. COUP!

Natural disasters? Where is Latin America? What are its major features? What three regions does it include? What is the connection between location and features and climate? (LEMPOSA) Natural disasters?

embargo recession 1959 Communism 1990 Fidel Castro Cold War 1959 Cuban missile crisis embargo Communism Fidel Castro recession 1990

Results of European Colonization in Latin America……….. Economic Social Political Dictatorships Economic inequality Cash crops Portuguese Spanish Catholic/Christianity Mestizo Mullato Disease

1821 1898 Mexico gained its Independence from Spain Treaty of Paris and end of Spanish-American War… Cuba gains independence from Spain AND Puerto Rico becomes a territory of the US

NAFTA POSITIVES/NEGATIVES MAQUILADORA

Inca Maya Aztec

Haiti Brazil Belize Suriname French Guiana

Elevation Zones- Elevation affects climate and climate affects vegetation, animals and how people live. Copy this diagram in your notes. You do not have to Copy it EXACTLY. Critical thinking: What elevation is called the “tree line” and what do you think that might mean? What part of Latin America is most affected by elevation? What do Geographers call climate in an area with high elevation?

Cash crops arable land Subsistence farming v. commercial farming Highland climate Biodiversity Sustainable assimilation vs. acculturation Ecotourism Slash and Burn Agriculture Temperate diffusion/Columbian exchange Nationalizes v. privatized businesses Cottage v. commercial industry God, gold, glory Government systems slave trade Economic systems/economic spectrum Urbanization